Google Home now can make calls, play Spotify and work with your TV

Google Home, the tech giant’s digital assistant and answer to the popular Amazon Echo, is adding a long list of new features, Google vice president Rishi Chandra announced at the company’s I/O conference Wednesday. The laundry list of upgrades includes more helpful notifications, Bluetooth connectivity and an expansion to non-U.S. markets.
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Proactive assistance was the first new feature announced onstage. That means the device will automatically notify if there’s traffic on the way to a calendar event, for example.

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